Andy Goodey

Really pleased to see this Swift flock (c30) over Rayne, Essex and approaching numbers present when their main breeding site in village was demolished years ago. Now almost double-figure of pairs breeding from a low of 1 or 2 just 5 years ago.

Great job by all concerned 👏

@martgathercole I too, strike a similar pose when I want belly rubs. Solidarity with Bolan

Apparently I have a rest day today with Mrs G who needs to catch up on Emmerdale 💤 He's off out for a work party 🥳 and may be gone some time #LifewithBolan 🐩🐾😉

@hertsessexbirds 🤣👍

@andy_goodey If it's any consolation, you're not the first...

The highlight of my exciting visit to Beaconsfield Services off the M40 was misidentifying this lovely mass of Mistletoe for a rather underused large Rookery. Never mind eh?

@hertsessexbirds 😂 can’t deny it

@andy_goodey 😂🤦‍♂️, school boy error...

The large tortoiseshell, reckoned extinct for over half a century, but now recolonized. I look forward to serious mischief on elms and other trees as reported by Eleanor Ormerod, 1898, Handbook of insects injurious to orchard and bush fruits.

@JohnSimpsonNews They don’t know. It’s all one big future Hollywood blockbuster to them

US secretary of state Marco Rubio has re-re-stated US war aims. But he’s left out everything we thought President Trump wanted: no opening the Strait of Hormuz, no stopping nuclear enrichment, and certainly no regime change. So what’s the war been for?

@KeiraSoleore @phil_d13 Think ‘Dunkin’ Doughnuts’ but for pies 😂 ‘pukka’ is slang for something that is very good so a very good pie (a matter of opinion!)

@phil_d13 What is a “pukka pie”? I’m always interested to see what happens to words from other languages when they make their way into English.

Gotta love a Pukka Pie 🥧😋📸 #signsonsunday

@SoSSwifts @EssexBirdNews @SwallowBirding @EssexWildlife @EBwSTweets Sorry I missed you Eddie

@andy_goodey @EssexBirdNews @SwallowBirding @EssexWildlife @EBwSTweets I missed speaking to you!

Superb Essex Birdwatching Society conference today in Chelmsford. Some great talks and exhibits and nice to bump into some old (!) friends. Congrats to all concerned @EssexBirdNews @SwallowBirding @EssexWildlife @EBwSTweets

@martgathercole 🤣

For #SignsOnSunday it must be working as I didn't see any solicitors 🇹🇹🤣

@SwallowBirding @Britnatureguide @NeoBirdCons Great to see you today mate, shame there’s no improvement with the jokes 🤣

Costa Rica Day 8: LONG-TAILED SILKY FLYCATCHER, SLATY FLOWERPIERCER, SOOTY THRUSH & YELLOW-WINGED VIREO from the Costa Rican highlands. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #CostaRica #birds #birding

@martgathercole Bolan saying “I think not”

Yes Bolan, that's my armchair 🤷🏻‍♂️ #LifeWithBolan 🐾🐩😉

Great Friday afternoon at the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitor Centre at RAF Coningsby. Guided tour was excellent, unfortunately the Lancaster was away being serviced nearer to home at Duxford. Video of Douglas Dakota powering up

@martgathercole Thanks Martin. Was a real treat to spend an hour with it.

@andy_goodey Wow, great flight shot Mr Attenborough 😉

Some views of the Great Grey Shrike at Fillingham in Lincolnshire yesterday. Some of the hovering forays lasted for well over a minute. Grey Partridge also heard in the area

Great Grey Shrike at Fillingham in Lincolnshire on 27/3/26

Great Grey Shrike still at Fillingham, Lincs at 11.20

@martgathercole Me, credentials? Not me guv!

@andy_goodey What with Deer stalking and now Grouse I'm starting to doubt your credentials 🤣

Searching the North Yorkshire Moors for Red Grouse eventually produced this close individual. Also bubbling Curlew, nervous Lapwing, Stonechat, Woodcock with Marsh Tit, numerous Siskin and Nuthatch in the woods

@martgathercole 🤣

@andy_goodey Sorry I didn't see her next to the dog🫥

Mallyan Spout Waterfall nr Goathland, Yorkshire: fleeting glimpse of Dipper and money tree proving old adage. The missus replete in her best camouflage jacket making her completely imperceptible